Chapter 185 - 185 (1/2)

In the noise made by everyone, Kushina looked at Minato's smile, and could only feel disbelief

She sorted out her red hair that was flowting with the winds, recalling her past with Minato, and smiling discreetly.

When Kushina first came to Konoha, she was attracted by the massive figures on the Hokage Rock, and that ignited her dream of becoming Hokage.

The 1st time she caught Minato's eye was at the academy.

In class, her self-introduction got her ridiculed by all students, not only because of her distinct fashion of speaking, but also because of her distant dreams.

Minato was the only one in class to recognize her dream. Therefore, she had a good impression on the boy with the golden hair and big smile.

Children are always curious and aggressive towards anything different. The children never saw anything like Kushina's bright hair.

Therefore, they started to tease her about her looks, calling her a Tomato, and some of them even reached for her hair.

After getting beat, the kids did not give up, and kept mocking her hair color and teasing her again and again, enjoying angering her.

With them teasing her again and again, Kushina hated her red hair more and more. Whenever someone laughed at her because of it, she made them pay with her fists.

Minato was watching all of this, but never helped her. This changed her impression little by little.

For over a year, Kushina quarreled with her teammates. In the end, one of them couldn't just stand being beat by her again and again, and ended up bringing his brother, a Genin who had just graduated, to beat her up.

Despite this, Kushina still managed to immerge victorious. This gave the Red-Hot Habanero a reputation that made everyone afraid to bully her.

A few years later, she and Minato graduated. Minato joined team Jiraya, while Kushina was focused more on practicing the Uzumaki's Fuinjutsu.

What she did know was that after graduation, Minato kept an eye on her secretly.

One day, as she was returning home, she found a Cloud Ninja ambush.

She was taken away by the Ninjas who took her by surprise, but she secretly tore off her hair little by little, leaving a red hair trail behind her without them noticing. However, no one noticed her absence until they reached the borders of the fire country.

”Are you hurt?”, ”I came to rescue you!”

Seeing Minato, Kushina's tense nerves finally were loose, and she collapsed to the ground. He immediately rushed over to her, picking her up from the ground.

In the moonlight, Kushina saw her red hair in Minato's hands.

”Such beautiful hair, I immediately noticed.”

It was at that moment that Minato took over her heart, not leaving place for anyone else.

”Ne san, are you okay? You face is so red!” Ryo interrupted Kushina's thoughts.

”I'm fine! I just remembered some things…” Kushina quickly shook her head.

Since the succession ceremony was about one and a half months away, Minaro asked everyone to help him pick a day for the wedding ceremony.

Jiraya had been Minato's Sensei since his graduations. Moreover, both Minato and Kushina were orphans, and such responsibilities that usually went to the parents fell to him.